id:			137023
accession number:	1961.46
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1961.46
updated:		2025-02-09 02:31:08.775000

Vishnu Riding on Garuda, 300s CE. Eastern India, Bihar. Schist; overall: 81.3 x 47 cm (32 x 18 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1961.46

title:				Vishnu Riding on Garuda
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creation date:			300s CE
creation date earliest:		300
creation date latest:		425
current location:		243 Indian and Southeast Asian
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Eastern India, Bihar
technique:	schist
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 81.3 x 47 cm (32 x 18 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review (1961)
	opening date:   1961-11-01T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review (1961)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 1-26, 1961).

	title:		The Ideal Image: The Gupta Sculptural Tradition and Its Influence
	opening date:   1978-10-05T04:00:00
	<i>The Ideal Image: The Gupta Sculptural Tradition and Its Influence</i>. Asia House Galleries, New York City, NY (organizer) (October 5-December 3, 1978); Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX (January 1-February 25, 1979); The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (March 24-May 6, 1979).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Heeramaneck Galleries, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?-1961
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1961-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Lee, Sherman E. “Year in Review 1961.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 48, no. 9, 1961, pp. 219–251.
	page number: 	Mentioned: no. 52, listed p. 249; Reproduced: no. 52, p. 236
	url:		www.jstor.org/stable/25142473

	"Annual Report for 1961.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 49, no. 6, 1962, pp. 115–145.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 129
	url:		www.jstor.org/stable/25151899

	Marcus, Margaret F. “Sculptures from Bihar and Bengal.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 54, no. 8, 1967, pp. 240–262.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 241, fig. 1
	url:		www.jstor.org/stable/25152173

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 294
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n314

	Sugimura, Tō 杉村棟. <em>Isurāmu </em>イスラーム. Tōkyō: Shōgakukan, 1999.
	page number: 	no. 206, p. 323
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	Parimoo, Ratan. <em>Essays in New Art History: Studies in Indian Sculpture: Regional Genres and Interpretations</em>. New Delhi: Books &amp; Books, 2000.
	page number: 	no. 98
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	Bidwell, Frederick E. and Leslie Cade. <em>The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art ; New York, NY: Scala Arts Publishers, 2014.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 204
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